GOVERNING PANDEMICS

GOVERNING PANDEMICS 101

 

SESSION 3 TREATIES AS A TOOL TO GOVERN PANDEMICS

 

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PROGRAMME

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• Mini-lecture 1: Introduction to treaties: options, effectiveness and lessons

• Mini-lecture 2: Pandemic Treaty: proposals and processes

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SPEAKERS

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• Katharina Kummer Peiry, Director of Kummer EcoConsult, former Executive Secretary of the Basel Convention on hazardous wastes

• Haik Nikogosian, Senior Fellow, Global Health Centre; Former Head and Head Emeritus, Convention Secretariat, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

 

 

READINGS

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• McInerney T (2021) Factors Contributing to Treaty Effectiveness:
  Implications for a Possible Pandemic Treaty, Global Health Centre,
  The Graduate Institute, Geneva.

• Nikogosian H, Kickbusch I (2021) Confronting future pandemics
  what could a new treaty resolve beyond the IHR?, The BMJ Opinion.

 

 

Supplemental readings:

• Nikogosian H (2021) A Guide to a Pandemic Treaty: Things you
  must know to help you make a decision on a pandemic treaty,
  Global Health Centre, The Graduate Institute, Geneva.

• Ghebreyesus T (2021) What is the missing ingredient in global
  pandemic preparedness and response?, The BMJ Opinion.

• Kummer Peiry K (2021) Experiences from Environmental Treaty
  Negotiations, Global Health Centre, The Graduate Institute, Geneva.

• Kummer Peiry K (2021) International Treaty Features Potentially Applicable to a Future Pandemic Treaty, Global Health Centre, The Graduate Institute, Geneva.